Table 2 Factors associated with domestic violence among ever-married women in Cameroon, (n = 4903)
Variable | Domestic violence | Bivariable analysis | Multivariable analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 1496) | No (n = 3407) | p value | COR | p value | AOR | |
Frequency (30.5%) | Frequency (69.5%) | |||||
Agec | 31.3 (± 8.1)µ | 31.2 (± 8.1)µ | 0.55 | 1.03 (0.94, 1.11) | ||
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 724 (29.3%) | 1750 (70.7%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Rural | 772 (31.8%) | 1657 (68.2%) | < 0.001 | 1.26 (1.12, 1.43) | 0.09 | 1.16 (0.98, 1.36) |
Religion | ||||||
Catholic | 1139 (34.5%) | 2163 (65.5%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Muslim | 302 (21.5%) | 1103 (78.5%) | < 0.001 | 0.47 (0.39, 0.54) | 0.46 | 1.08 (0.88, 1.34) |
Other | 55 (28.1%) | 140 (71.9%) | 0.43 | 0.87 (0.63,1.22) | 0.81 | 1.04 (0.73, 1.50) |
Women’s educational level | ||||||
No formal education | 301 (22.6%) | 1029 (77.4%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Primary | 525 (33.9%) | 1026 (66.1%) | < 0.001 | 1.65 (1.38, 1.96) | 0.93 | 0.98 (0.79, 1.25) |
Secondary | 625 (35.5%) | 1135 (64.5%) | < 0.001 | 1.78 (1.50, 2.11) | 0.48 | 1.10 (0.85, 1.42) |
Higher | 45 (17.3%) | 217 (82.7%) | 0.063 | 0.71 (0.49, 1.01) | 0.02 | 0.58 (0.37, 0.92) |
Current working status of a woman | ||||||
Currently working | 1125 (32.3%) | 2353 (67.7%) | < 0.001 | 1.46 (1.27, 1.68) | 0.13 | 1.13 (0.96, 1.32) |
Currently not working | 371 (26.0%) | 1054 (74.0%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Husband's educational level | ||||||
No formal education | 177 (19.6%) | 727 (80.4%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Primary education | 456 (34.4%) | 871 (65.6%) | < 0.001 | 2.05 (1.66, 2.53) | 0.04 | 1.31 (1.01, 1.67) |
Secondary education | 534 (35.3%) | 979 (64.7%) | < 0.001 | 1.96 (1.59, 2.40) | 0.17 | 1.21 (0.93, 1.58) |
Higher | 87 (22.2%) | 307 (77.8%) | 0.80 | 1.04 (0.7,1. 41) | 0.16 | 0.76 (0.52, 1.11) |
Don’t know | 242 (31.6%) | 523 (68.4%) | < 0.001 | 1.89 (1.50, 2.39) | 0.36 | 1.14 (0.86, 1.50) |
Wealth index | ||||||
Poor | 615 (30.2%) | 1422 (69.8%) | 1 | |||
Medium | 290 (30.5%) | 658 (69.5%) | 0.84 | 1.02 (0.86, 1.20) | ||
Rich | 592 (30.8%) | 1327 (69.2%) | 0.65 | 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) | ||
Mass-media exposure | ||||||
Exposed | 911 (32.5%) | 1893 (67.5%) | 0.16 | 1.09 (0.96, 1.24) | 0.04 | 0.83 (0.70, 0.99) |
Non exposed | 586 (27.9%) | 1514 (72.1%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Husband's alcohol drinking status | ||||||
yes | 973 (43.2%) | 1280 (56.8%) | < 0.001 | 3.12 (2.74, 3.55) | < 0.001 | 3.00 (2.56, 3.53) |
No | 524 (19.7%) | 2127 (80.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
Region | ||||||
Adamawa | 48 (18.4%) | 217 (81.6%) | 1 | 1 | ||
Center without Yaoundé | 197 (49.0%) | 205 (51.0%) | < 0.001 | 4.13 (3.02, 5.64) | < 0.001 | 2.48 (1.75, 3.52) |
Douala | 164 (29.8%) | 388 (70.2%) | 0.003 | 1.66 (1.18, 2.33) | 0.41 | 1.18 (0.79, 1.74) |
East | 112 (35.1%) | 206 (64.9%) | < 0.001 | 2.43 (1.77, 3.34) | 0.08 | 1.37 (0.97, 1.94) |
Far-north | 177 (19.0%) | 752 (81.0%) | 0.62 | 1.08 (0.79, 1.48)s | 0.42 | 0.87 (0.62, 1.21) |
Littoral (without Douala) | 39 (23.3%) | 131 (76.7%) | 0.07 | 1.39 (0.97, 1.99) | 0.25 | 0.779 (0.53, 1.18) |
North | 208 (29.7%) | 491 (70.3%) | 0.002 | 1.64 (1.20, 2.23) | 0.07 | 1.34 (0.97, 1.86) |
North -west | 122 (36.6%) | 213 (63.4%) | < 0.001 | 2.46 (1.73, 3.49) | 0.06 | 1.43 (0.97, 2.10) |
west | 176 (37.7%) | 292 (62.3%) | 0.001 | 2.26 (1.65, 3.11) | 0.02 | 1.49 (1.05, 2.11) |
South | 67 (37.4%) | 112 (62.6%) | < 0.001 | 2.75 (1.98, 3.82) | 0.001 | 1.89 (1.31, 2.72) |
South west | 25 (26.8%) | 67 (73.2%) | 0.017 | 1.77 (1.11, 2.83) | 0.41 | 1.24 (0.74, 2.08) |
Yaoundé | 159 (32.4%) | 333 (67.6%) | < 0.001 | 2.03 (1.47, 2.82) | 0.009 | 1.65 (1.14, 2.39) |